A year of substantial success across a range of mixed ability classes at Priory School with 38 pupils aged 14-16 (Years 9-11) accumulating 202 GCSEs over 18 subjects.
Following the damning Ofsted report on Isle of Wight council's education, we try and get answers from the people - Steve Beynon and David Pugh - who were in charge, before they left without bearing the consequences.
Andrew Turner is clearly distressed at the bottom-in-England GCSE results. He also reveals for the first time that "Ministers have been worried about education on the Island for a long time".
The Isle of Wight is bottom of the table for pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C. When Maths and English are included, the Isle of Wight is second from the bottom.
Drop in results for pupils at Carisbrooke College, Medina College and Sandown Bay Academy compared to 2011, but other schools did better than ever in GCSE examinations.